High Court Decision Worries Native Health Official

High Court Decision Worries Native Health Official Friday, June 24, 2005 at 14:29     A prominent northerner from Southend says First Nations people stand to lose out if private health care is allowed to flourish in Canada.   Phil Morin, a former chief of the Peter...

More Northerners Become Housing Managers

More Northerners Become Housing Managers Friday, June 24, 2005 at 14:21     Five northern residents graduated yesterday from the province’s Social Housing Management Training Program.   Robert Desjarlais of Ile-a-la-Crosse, Judy Robertson and Grace Janvier of La...

Residents Flee Cumberland House

Residents Flee Cumberland House Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 13:28     The rising water levels in the Cumberland House region are starting to impact local services.   Residents are being evacuated today before the swollen Saskatchewan River washes out the only road out...

Logging Accident Kills Dillon Man

Logging Accident Kills Dillon Man Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 13:23     The RCMP have identified the victim of a fatal logging mishap near Dillon.   29-year-old Dillon resident Ricky Billette was killed Tuesday morning while working at a logging camp in the Vermette...

La Ronge Mail Thief Ordered To Apologize

La Ronge Mail Thief Ordered To Apologize Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 13:22     More details have emerged about the sentence handed to a woman that pleaded guilty recently to stealing mail at the La Ronge post office.   Last week, 19-year-old Miranda Michelle Pappenfus,...

Sandy Bay Mom Loses Home After Going To School

Sandy Bay Mom Loses Home After Going To School Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 13:19     A woman who lost her home in Sandy Bay is planning to pitch a tent there next week in a show of protest.   It was roughly a year-and-a-half ago that Bernice Dussion left the community...